Over the last many years, we've had the privilege to work with some outstanding folks at several local agencies, who've been instrumental in helping us get access to these funding opportunities. We'd only be doing a fraction of these projects if it weren't for their help!

Special thanks to:

 - Ventura County Resource Conservation District 

 - University of California Cooperative Extension

 - Natural Resources Conservation Service - Oxnard field office 

 - Community Alliance with Family Farmers 

Grants & Projects
- 2011-2013 NRCS EQIP (Environmental Quality Incentives Program) 
funding, installed raptor poles, owl boxes, snake houses, and plant oaks and other native pollinator habitat plants.

- 2019 CDFA Healthy Soils Program grant
installed 2x ~1000' windbreaks, using native willows, salix gooddingii, for pollinator and endangered bird habitat, and speedy growth for protection of future plantings from Santa Ana winds.

-2021 DOC grant, in partnership with VCRCD
-installed native plants as hedgerows between the windbreak willows, installed a new filter at the well to replace the old one that was actively making water efficiency worse, and installed additional irrigation to help establish the native plants in the hedgerow. 

-2021 CDFA SWEEP (State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program) grant,
installed or replaced many different components to increase water and energy efficiency:
-VFD at the well, weather & data station with 9 nodes to measure soil moisture, temperature & salinity, wind, rain, and humidity, to help make more informed irrigation decisions, replaced an old leaky 15,000 gallon water tank with 3 new 5000 gallon poly tanks with an automatic shutoff valve, replaced many thousands of feet of old leaky irrigation lines, along with new pressure regulators, risers, and pressure compensating emitters, replaced 11 old leaky large valves with new parts

-2023 CA Small Agricultural Business flood relief grant
helped us recoup the money we used to attempt to shore up our riverbank after the storms of Jan 2023 and then lost in the storms of Feb 2023, and also provided some funding for future bank reinforcement and/or other potential solutions to ensure we're able to keep farming.